UK woman rescued after falling from cruise ship in Croatia

Croatia's coast guard says a British woman has been saved after spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night after she fell from a cruise ship.

The 46-year-old woman, who goes by the name of Kay, fell from the Norwegian Star cruise ship, about 95 kilometres off Croatia's coast shortly before midnight Saturday.

A Croatian rescue ship was scrambled and found her at approximately 9.30am yesterday local time, swimming not far from where she was believed to have fallen.

Croatia's coast guard says a British woman has been saved after spending 10 hours in the Adriatic Sea at night after she fell from a cruise ship. (ITV)The woman was found approximately 10 hours after she fell overboard. (ITV)

"I fell off the back of the Norwegian Star and I was in the water for about 10 hours. These wonderful guys rescued me," she said speaking to media once safely ashore, according to The Sun.

The woman was said to be "exhausted" and was treated by medics dockside, before being taken to a hospital in the town of Pula. She was discharged later the same day.

The ship's captain, Lovro Oreskovic, said his crew "we were extremely happy for saving a human life" and the group even posed for photos together.

The British Embassy in Croatia was informed and circumstances of the incident are being investigated, with the port and cruise liner all looking at their CCTV footage.

The woman fell from the deck of a Norwegian Star cruise ship about 95km off Croatia's coast. (ITV)"Kay" and her team of rescuers. (ITV)